Exploring affective communication through variable-friction surface haptics

Joe Mullenbach; Craig Shultz; J. Edward Colgate; Anne Marie Piper

doi:10.1145/2556288.2557343

Exploring affective communication through variable-friction surface haptics

Joe Mullenbach, Craig Shultz, J. Edward Colgate, Anne Marie Piper

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Abstract

This paper explores the use of variable friction surface haptics enabled by the TPad Tablet to support affective communication between pairs of users. We introduce three haptic applications for the TPad Tablet (text messaging, image sharing, and virtual touch) and evaluate the applications with 24 users, including intimate couples and strangers. Participants used haptics to communicate literal texture, denote action within a scene, convey emotional information, highlight content, express and engage in physical playfulness, and to provide one's partner with an experience or sensation. We conclude that users readily associate haptics with emotional expression and that the intimacy of touch in the contexts we study is best suited for communications with close social partners.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	CHI 2014
Subtitle of host publication	One of a CHInd - Conference Proceedings, 32nd Annual ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Publisher	Association for Computing Machinery
Pages	3963-3972
Number of pages	10
ISBN (Print)	9781450324731
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/2556288.2557343
State	Published - 2014
Event	32nd Annual ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI 2014 - Toronto, ON, Canada Duration: Apr 26 2014 → May 1 2014

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Name	Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings

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Other	32nd Annual ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI 2014
Country/Territory	Canada
City	Toronto, ON
Period	4/26/14 → 5/1/14

Keywords

Communication
Surface Haptics
Tablet
Touchscreen
Variable Friction

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Software
Human-Computer Interaction
Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design

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Mullenbach, J., Shultz, C., Colgate, J. E., & Piper, A. M. (2014). Exploring affective communication through variable-friction surface haptics. In CHI 2014: One of a CHInd - Conference Proceedings, 32nd Annual ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (pp. 3963-3972). (Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings). Association for Computing Machinery. https://doi.org/10.1145/2556288.2557343

Mullenbach, Joe ; Shultz, Craig ; Colgate, J. Edward et al. / Exploring affective communication through variable-friction surface haptics. CHI 2014: One of a CHInd - Conference Proceedings, 32nd Annual ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. Association for Computing Machinery, 2014. pp. 3963-3972 (Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings).

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Mullenbach, J, Shultz, C, Colgate, JE & Piper, AM 2014, Exploring affective communication through variable-friction surface haptics. in CHI 2014: One of a CHInd - Conference Proceedings, 32nd Annual ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings, Association for Computing Machinery, pp. 3963-3972, 32nd Annual ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI 2014, Toronto, ON, Canada, 4/26/14. https://doi.org/10.1145/2556288.2557343

Exploring affective communication through variable-friction surface haptics. / Mullenbach, Joe; Shultz, Craig; Colgate, J. Edward et al.
CHI 2014: One of a CHInd - Conference Proceedings, 32nd Annual ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. Association for Computing Machinery, 2014. p. 3963-3972 (Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings).

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Mullenbach J, Shultz C, Colgate JE, Piper AM. Exploring affective communication through variable-friction surface haptics. In CHI 2014: One of a CHInd - Conference Proceedings, 32nd Annual ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. Association for Computing Machinery. 2014. p. 3963-3972. (Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings). doi: 10.1145/2556288.2557343

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